Security issues aside, I have no problem with the software - in fact I
find XP to be a fantastic OS. All the packages intergrate well, are user
fiendly and intuitive. What I object to is the rediculous licencing and
huge costs (unfortunately this is both OS and apps). If it was free, I
would not use linux....

On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 13:42, Jeremy Bertenshaw wrote:
> Heres an interesting thought...
> 
> If windows was free i.e. available for $0 would you switch?
> 
> How much of an impact would this have on peoples use of
> OSS? if they gave away the OS, but you still had to pay
> for the apps?
> 
> jeremyb.
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